Agnes MacBean

Agnes MacBean (5 January 1815-) was the owner of the private train "Bertha" that was used by Jacob Frye and his sister Evie Frye in 1868.

Biography
Daughter to a homemaker and an ironworker, Agnes MacBean was born in Garnkirk, Scotland. The eldest of six, Agnes quickly grew into her robust, outspoken character, bossing her younger siblings about and giving her parents a run for their money. In 1831, Scotland began construction of its very own railroad system: the Garnkirk and Glasgow lines. Her father, Mungo MacBean, being an expert in the field, was sent to work in the rail yads. Aspiring to be more like her father, Agnes learned what she could about trains and how they worked and hoped to one day follow in Mungo's footsteps. Three years later, Agnes had her change. Mungo's sudden ill health coincided with the merging of the Scottish and English rail lines, and Agnes, for the benefit of her family, took her father's place inside his locomotive. More unusually, however, and to speed the transition, she took on his identity, as well.

Two years later, following an incident, Agnes was discovered to be a woman and, in punishment, transferred to Starrick Industries. There, she was placed under the employment of the cruel Whitechapel gang leader Rexford Kaylock, and her train in his illegal service. In 1868, her train, dubbed "Bertha", was hijacked by Assassin twins Jacob and Evie Frye. Bargaining with them for their assistance in getting better work conditions for herself and her peers, she offered her services. She survived an assassination attempt by the rival Blighters gang that occurred when her stalker Nigel Bumble accidentally alerted the rival gang, and she later took in Nigel as help aboard the train.